Managed File Transfer in 2025: Supporting IT Transformation
January 22, 2025
The 2025 IT prediction you need to know: Managed file transfer is key to helping you protect your org’s data.
Encryption: Transport versus File
This morning I was asked if I recommended using transport encryption or file encryption to protect company files and data.
Managed File Transfer & WAN Acceleration
Many customers today expect ‘WAN acceleration’ technology (sometimes referred to as WAN Optimization) as part of their MFT vendor’s solution offering. In general this is a useful addition to the MFT feature set, and can certainly reduce file transfer times in a wide variety...
Why do I need Managed File Transfer? Isn’t FTP enough?
The Internet’s venerable File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is usually supported by Managed File Transfer (MFT) systems, which can typically use FTP as one of the ways in which data is physically moved from place to place. However, MFT essentially wraps a significant...
Three common types of SLAs for file transfer
I've been back on the road visiting file transfer customers and there's growing concern out there about the ability to track and predict failure against defined service level agreements (SLAs). In general, I'm seeing most SLAs in our industry cleave to one or more of...
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